Blessed Qinqing (Reborn)

The male lead is reborn / The female lead coasts to victory / The second male lead gets his comeuppance

At eighteen, Hua Zhiyu married the Second Prince, Ling Yunxiao. Unfortunately, she married the wrong man. Only on the day Ling Yunxiao ascended the throne did she learn that the husband she loved so deeply had long been secretly involved with her most trusted childhood friend.

After three years under house arrest, the Hua family fell, and her parents died. In the cold wind and driving rain, she drank poison and died.

Time turned back, bringing Hua Zhiyu to the age of seventeen once more. At her birthday banquet, distinguished guests came to visit. Among them were the Second Prince, Ling Yunxiao, whom she had long admired, and the Third Prince, Ling Yunhe, with whom she had never had any dealings.

The Third Prince was refined and gracious, and his gift was unlike any other: a pot of lucky bamboo he'd planted himself. He said it would bring good luck and fortune.

After accepting the gift, Hua Zhiyu's luck really did seem to improve.

Her lifelong close friend tried to frame her at a poetry gathering, only to make a fool of herself instead.

Caught in a sudden downpour, Hua Zhiyu took shelter and saved the Duke's wife from drowning. Her father and the Duke, once political enemies, became allies.

A mute servant she'd taken pity on and brought home to treat turned out to be a prince of a vassal state, destined to inherit its throne.

Later, Hua Zhiyu, whose path to becoming empress was smooth all the way, built a temple for the lucky bamboo. Its incense burned in abundance.

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Ling Yunhe was gentle and easygoing, never competing or fighting for anything. From childhood, his mother had taught him that only patience could protect the people he held dear. Yet after a lifetime of restraint, he ended up separated from his mother, with the woman he loved dying tragically and himself wasting away in despair.

Reborn, he carefully laid his plans. He would take his revenge, claim the position of heir, and marry the young woman he had loved for two lifetimes, protecting her for the rest of her life.

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Ling Yunxiao never much liked lively, forthright women like Hua Zhiyu. A gentle, demure woman was far more to his taste. He befriended her because he needed the support of the Hua family, and because he knew Hua Zhiyu liked him.

But at some point, Hua Zhiyu changed. The girl's radiant smile began to belong to someone else. Only then did Ling Yunxiao realize that he was the one who had fallen deeply in love.

Reader's Guide:

1. The male lead is reborn, told from the female lead's perspective.

2. A sweet, everyday romance, one-on-one.

3. The dynasty is fictional, so please don't nitpick the historical details.

Theme: Love can overcome anything